Canada's Samantha Bee on seeking catharsis, community and kittens
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'Full Frontal with Samantha Bee' is in its seventh season and Toronto native Samantha Bee will remotely host a live episode at the Hot Docs Podcast Festival on Friday
It's a production day for her TBS late-night show "Full Frontal," and in this particular episode, she tackles how disinformation can spread through something as seemingly innocuous as the cute cat videos the internet lives for.
In other words, it's a quintessential episode of the series, which began its seventh season Thursday.
"I'm trying to find more entry points into serious material 1/8that 3/8 spark joy within myself, because times do seem so dark," Bee says over the phone.
"The subject matter of this shoot is very heavy, but the entryway is kittens, which are especially effective for luring people in. And so I have decided that I need to speak of this very serious material with kittens all over my shoulders and I can't wait."
